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Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing
post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? Nathan Rogers |
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Blurrt wrote:
Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? NASA should be invading New Jersey? Paul |
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Blurrt wrote:
Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? Nathan Rogers Not when that two and two are billions of dollars. Mars is cool at the moment (and comes almost as close, *much* more often), but convince Congress to spend the money (at a time when Federal pay raises are being reduced, to pay for rebuilding Iraq), and NASA would *love* to do another big manned space project. But do not hold your breath while waiting. Others will argue (and reasonably) that an agency that can't even get to Low Earth Orbit with sufficent safety, can't be trusted to go to Mars.... |
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"Blurrt" writes:
Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? Clearly you don't remember what happened the last time NASA was asked to estimate the cost of a manned Mars program. It was a disaster. NASA won't be asked that question again for some time, if at all. Jeff -- Remove "no" and "spam" from email address to reply. If it says "This is not spam!", it's surely a lie. |
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"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message ...
"Paul F. Dietz" wrote in : Blurrt wrote: Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? NASA should be invading New Jersey? Hmm, that would certainly explain all the new Social Security numbers being issued in Grover's Mill. What the heck is going on! We have 3 or is it 4 Buckaroo Banzai fans posting here!!? |
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Al Jackson wrote:
What the heck is going on! We have 3 or is it 4 Buckaroo Banzai fans posting here!!? No matter where you go, there we are. Paul |
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Paul F. Dietz wrote:
Blurrt wrote: Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? NASA should be invading New Jersey? Maybe NASA can fix the car insurance situation here in NJ. Nobody else has been able to. |
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Joann Evans wrote:
Blurrt wrote: Everyone at the moment is considering what NASA should be doing post-columbia. With Mars at its closest approach in 60000 years, shining brightly overhead - is it really so hard to put two and two together? Nathan Rogers Not when that two and two are billions of dollars. Mars is cool at the moment (and comes almost as close, *much* more often), but convince Congress to spend the money (at a time when Federal pay raises are being reduced, to pay for rebuilding Iraq), and NASA would *love* to do another big manned space project. But do not hold your breath while waiting. Others will argue (and reasonably) that an agency that can't even get to Low Earth Orbit with sufficent safety, can't be trusted to go to Mars.... Thre's still the issues of long term weightlessness and radiation exposure that need to be solved yet. |
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On 29 Aug 2003 06:56:04 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jorge R.
Frank" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: No. Have you ever read any H. G. Wells? IIRC, H. G. Wells' novel had the Martians landing on Horsell Common in England. It was Orson Welles' radio version that moved it to Grover's Mill, NJ. George Pal's film version moved it again, to Linda Rosa, CA. The reference to Social Security numbers is, of course, pure Buckaroo. But what do I care? It's not my damn planet, monkeyboy. Heeeyyy...that's *Mr.* Monkeyboy to you... -- simberg.interglobal.org * 310 372-7963 (CA) 307 739-1296 (Jackson Hole) interglobal space lines * 307 733-1715 (Fax) http://www.interglobal.org "Extraordinary launch vehicles require extraordinary markets..." Swap the first . and @ and throw out the ".trash" to email me. Here's my email address for autospammers: |
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